I. Sacrament of Reconciliation

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UNIT ONE
Using the Bible
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I. Writing the Bible
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I. Writing the Bible
Revelation

• A.

• Divine revelation- God making himself known to
  us.
• Happens in many ways

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I. Writing the Bible
Revelation

• A.

• 2. The best revelation Jesus.

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I. Writing the Bible
Revelation

• A.

• 3. Bible- the written record of Gods revelation
  and his relationship with his people.
• Entire Bible is a revelation

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I. Writing the Bible
Revelation

• A.

• 4. Tradition- the Revelation of Gods good news
  lived out in the Church.

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I. Writing the Bible
Working together

• B.

• God wrote the Bible through many human authors.

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I. Writing the Bible
Working together

• B.

• 2. The authors wrote with their own words and
  expressions.
• The Holy Spirit helped.
• The writers arent zombies

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I. Writing the Bible
Working together

• B.

3. Divine inspiration- the guidance the Holy
Spirit gave to the Bibles authors.
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I. Writing the Bible
Choosing the Books

• C.

• Canon- the official list of books that make up
  the bible.
• Chosen by Pope Damascus at the Council of Rome in
  372.

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I. Writing the Bible
Choosing the Books

• C.

• 2. Catholic Bibles have 7 more books than most
  Protestant Bibles.
• Was disagreement over using the Greek or Hebrew
  version of the Old Testament.

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II. Bible Breakdown
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II. Bible Breakdown
Basic Facts

• A.

• Old Testament- Before Jesus lived.
• History of the Jewish people
• 46 books (Catholic version)

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II. Bible Breakdown
Basic Facts

• A.

• 2. New Testament- story of Jesus and the early
  Church.
• 27 books.

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II. Bible Breakdown
Basic Facts

• A.

• 3. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS MUCH BIGGER!

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II. Bible Breakdown
The Old Testament

• B.

• Pentateuch (Torah)- the first 5 books of the
  Bible.
• Oldest stories and laws of the Jewish people.

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II. Bible Breakdown
The Old Testament

• B.

• 2. Historical books- the history of Ancient
  Israel.

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II. Bible Breakdown
The Old Testament

• B.

• 3. Wisdom books- Gods role in everyday life.

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II. Bible Breakdown
The Old Testament

• B.

• 4. Prophetic books- writings of the great
  prophets.

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II. Bible Breakdown
The New Testament

• C.

• Gospels- The stories of Jesus.
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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II. Bible Breakdown
The New Testament

• C.

2. Acts of the Apostles- The stories of the
apostles and early Church.
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II. Bible Breakdown
The New Testament

• C.

• 3. Letters- Advice from the early saints
• Most written by Paul

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II. Bible Breakdown
The New Testament

• C.

4. Revelation- Symbolic book about the end times